Hinge for the seats and covers for toilets



Nov."16,1926. I 1,607,150

' E. L. D EL(ANY HINGEIFOR THE SEATS AND COVERS FOR TOILETS Filed Feb. 5 1925' Patented Nov. 16, 1926. 1

EDWARD L. DEL-ANY, OFBROOKLY N NEW YORK, assrsnoni'ro bELANY REALTY CORPORATIOLLOF BROOKLYN, NEW. YORK. 1

HINGE FORTl-IE snare Annoovnn-s nonrornnrs.

Applicatioii filed February 5, 1925; Serial No. 7,078.

My .inventionrelates to improvements in hinges for the seats and covers for toilets. I The object of my invention is'to provide a hinge-adapted for this'purpose in which the pivotal carrying member of the cover-is rigidly held by the seat against rotation,"

and whereby the pivotal carrying member is posltlvely carried upwardly when raismg the seat, carrying with it the cover.

Another object of myjinvention is to provide a hinge of this character in whicli'thje pivotal carrylng memberfor the cover is firmly locked in the seat againstdat'eralmovement, and also forming trunnions, whereby the same maybe rotatably mounted 1n studs carried by the vhopper.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap and effective device of this character having certaln'details of structure and combination of partshere.

inafter more fullyset forth. V p

In the accompanying drawings Y Figure 1 is a top plan View of a toilet seat showing my improvedhinge applied'there Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevation of Figure 1 showingthe seat a d-C Partly broken away. I

3 l -Y tlcal transi 'erse sectional view takenon the line of Figure 2, and

showing the studs attached to the hopper.

Referrlng now to the drawings, 1 represents the hopper which, in the forn'i shown,

is provided at each sidewith the outwardly extending flanges 2 provided with openings 3 through which the threaded portions 4 of the studs 5 pass. The studs 5 as shown, are

screw-threaded and are clamped to the hopperby'means of the nuts 6, screwed thereon below the flanges 2. While I have shown this specific attaching means for the studs 5, it will be understood that the same can be readily varied to suit hoppers of different characters and therefore I do'not care to limit myself to any specific means of attaching the studs to the hopper.

The body of the hinge comprises the- 5..-

shaped plate 7, theupper end of which is provided with the inwardly extending stud 8, loosely'passing into an opening 9, carried by the cover 10. The horizontal portionvll of the L-shapedmember 7 is providedon its inner face with an inwardly extending squared lug 12 tightly fitting into correspondingly shaped openings' 13 in the seat 14. This squared portionflfZ is provided with an internally screw threaded recess 15, while the other plate 17 has the squared member '16 provided with an opening e);-

te'ndingr entirely therethrough and through I "The" outer face of the Lashaped hinge inembe'rf, opposite the squared member 12 is provided with I the L-sha'pedhinge member 7.

a trunnion 1'8 adaptedto rotatehwithin. the

recess 19 "in the inner face of the stud 5'.

The L-shaped memb er '17 opposite the squared member 12 is perfectly flat and passing through the opening 16 therein, is a rod 26 having ascrew thrcacedinner nd 21" adapted to screw, into the internally threaded recess 15.

The outer end of is screwed the trunnion 23, which is adapt ed to enter the recess inthe stud 5, and" p the rod 26 is screw, threaded as indicated at 22and upon which adapted to freely rotate therein. The trun-- From the foregoing description itflwill entering be Seen h the WOT apsd -inngebear I portions 7 and 17am firmly clamped to the seat 1% and held against movemenhj and 'prei 'ented from spreading by means of the trunnion 23, screwed on the rod 20 and thus assume their proper'vertical alinement so that the coveris held between the upper ends thereof and freeto rotate on the studs 8 and s25. This construction also provides a very simple and effective means of assembling the seat and cover and has many,

marked advantages over the old style seat and cover in which both the seat and the cover rotate independent of each-other on v the hinge member connectingthe seat and cover.

' Having thus fully described inven tion what I claim is: i

1. In combination'witha toilet, of two studs carried thereby, a seat, two plates re:

movably carried-by the seat and rigidly connected thereto, an integral trunnion carried 'by'one of the plates, a boltpassing through the seat and screwed into one of the plates, a trunnion carried by: thebolt on the outside of the other plate, and a cover pivotally mounted between the upper ends of the plate. c

' 2. In combination with a toilet, a seat, a plate secured to one edge of the seat and having an inwardly extending rectangular projection entering the seat and having a screw threaded recess therein, a plate having a rectangular projection on its inner face entering the opposite edge of the seat, I

and an opening therethrough, a rod passing through said opening and through the seat,

and sc'rewedinto the threaded recess of the other plate, a trunnion screwed on the rod on the outside of the plate, a rigid trunnion carried by the other plate, and studs carried by the toilet and having recesses to receive said trunnions, and a cover pivotally mounted between the ends of the plate.

3. In combination with a toilet, of studs I on the outside of the plate, and a cover pivotally mounted between the upper ends of the plates.

4:. In combination'with a toilet, of two studs rigidly carried thereby, and having recesses in theirinner faces, a seat, a plate on each side of the seat, and having inwardly extending rectangular lugs entering correspondingly shaped recesses in the seat, a rod extending through one of the plates and entering a threaded recess in the other plate and drawing the plates togethentrunnions carried by the outer faces of the plates and entering the recesses in the studs, and instuds carried thereby, and having recesses,

on their inner faces, a seat having rectangular recesses in its edges, two plates having inwardly extending rectangular projections entering the recesses in the seat, a rigid trunnion carried by one of the plates and entering the recesses in one stud, a rod pass ing through the other plate and through the rectangular projections and screw threadedinto the rectangular projection of the other plate, a trunnion screwed on the rod onthe outside of the plate and entering the recesses, of the other stud, the upper ends of the plates having circular projections on their inner faces entering recesses in the cover for pivotally supporting the same.

6. In combination with a toilet,two studs carried thereby, a seat, two plates removably carried by the seat and rigidly connected thereto, an integral trunnion carried pivotally supporting the by one of the plates, a bolt passing through the seat and screwed into one of the plates, a trunnion screwed on the bolt on the out side of the other plate, and integral studs carried by the upper ends of the plate and pivotally;

entering recesses in the ,coverfor supporting the same.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification. V

EDWAR L.;DEVLANY. 

